Soccer-Brazil defender Alves to not sign for any club until 2022

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Copa Libertadores - Quarterfinal -Second leg - Palmeiras v Sao Paulo - Allianz Parque, Sao Paulo, Brazil - August 17, 2021 Sao Paulo's Dani Alves in action Pool via REUTERS/Nelson Almeida/File Photo

(Reuters) - Brazil defender Dani Alves has decided not to join any club until the end of the year, the 38-year-old said after terminating his contract with Sao Paulo following a dispute over unpaid salaries https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/alves-boycotts-sao-paulo-over-club-debt-2021-09-10.

Sao Paulo said this month Alves would no longer play for them after he refused to return to training and told the club he wanted to be paid. Neither Alves nor the club cited a figure, but Brazilian newspaper O Globo said the club owed him around 11 million reais ($2 million).